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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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On our rebuild for the cossie, just got the block back and put the pistons and crank in, and the pistons actually pretrude higher than the top of the block. About as high as the wire-ringing. Is this normal!?


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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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20thou protrusion as std pal.
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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half a mm normal
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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oops too slow
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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